WET WET WET - Love Is All Around - Live / Widescreen / LyRiCs (english/deutsch) - YouTube WET WET WET - Love Is All Around - Live / Widescreen / LyRiCs (english/deutsch) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Aug 5, 2012 Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop rock band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the British charts and around the world. The band is composed of Marti Pellow (vocals), Tommy Cunningham (drums, vocals), Graeme Clark (bass, vocals) and Neil Mitchell (keyboards, vocals). A fifth, unofficial member, Graeme Duffin (lead guitar, vocals), has been with them since 1983.

"Love Is All Around" is a song composed by Reg Presley and originally performed by Presley's band, The Troggs, in D-major in 1967. Purportedly inspired by a television transmission of the Joy Strings Salvation Army band's "Love That's All Around",the song was first released as a single in the UK in October 1967. On the UK Singles Chart, the record debuted at No.50 on 18 October 1967, peaked at No.5 on 22 November 1967, and spent 15 weeks on chart. On the US Billboard Hot 100, the record entered at No.98 on 24 February 1968, peaking at No.7 on 18 May 1968, and spending a total of 16 weeks on the chart. This version features a string quartet and a 'tick tock' sound on percussion. "Love is All Around" has been covered by numerous artists, including R.E.M., with whom the Troggs subsequently recorded their 1992 comeback album Athens Andover.

R.E.M.'s cover was a B-side on their 1991 "Radio Song" single, and they also played it during their first appearance at MTV's Unplugged series that same year. Wet Wet Wet's cover, for the soundtrack to the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral, was an international hit and spent 15 weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart.

(remastered to widescreen) I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes Love is all around me And so the feeling grows It's written on the wind It's everywhere I go So if you really love me Come on and let it show You know I love you, I always will My mind's made up by the way that I feel There's no beginning, there'll be no end 'cause on my love you can depend I see your face before me As I lay on my bed I cannot get to thinking Of all the things you said You gave your promise to me, And I gave mine to you I need someone beside me In everything I do You know I love you, I always will My mind's made up by the way that I feel There's no beginning, there'll be no end 'cause on my love you can depend It's written in the wind oh And everywhere I go So if you really love me, love me, love me Come on and let it show oh Come on and let it show Come on and let it Come on and let it Come on and let it show Come on, Come on, Come on, Come on let it show Come on and let it Come on and let it show Come on and let it

 show Come on and let it show Songtext: Ich fühle es in meinen Fingern, ich fühle es in meinen Zehen.

Die Liebe ist überall, und so wachsen die Gefühle. Es steht im Wind geschrieben, es ist überall wo ich hingehe. Also, wenn du mich wirklich liebst, dann los, zeige es mir. Du weißt, dass ich dich liebe, ich werde es immer tun. Durch die Art und Weise, wie ich fühle, habe ich einen Entschluss gefasst. Es gibt keinen Anfang und es wird kein Ende geben, denn auf meine Liebe kannst du dich verlassen. Ich sehe dein Gesicht vor mir wenn ich in meinem Bett liege. An all die Worte, die du sagtest, kann ich mich nicht erinnern. Du gabst mir dein Versprechen, und ich gab dir meins. Ich brauch jemanden an meiner Seite, bei allem was ich tue. Du weißt, dass ich dich liebe, ich werde es immer tun. Durch die Art und Weise, wie ich fühle, hab ich einen Entschluss gefasst. Es gibt keinen Anfang und es wird kein Ende geben, denn auf meine Liebe kannst du dich verlassen. Es steht im Wind geschrieben, es ist überall wo ich hingehe.

Also, wenn du mich wirklich liebst, dann los, zeig es mir. dann los, zeig es mir. dann los... Wet Wet Wet congratulate Drake on equaling their 22-year chart record Wet Wet Wet congratulate Drake on equaling their 22-year chart record 6:16 pm - Jul 22, 2016 0shares 0shares ‘It’s a tough feat to be Number One for one week, let alone 15,’ says Marti Pellow Getty Images Wet Wet Wet have congratulated Drake for equaling their 22-year-old record of spending 15 weeks at Number One. Drake’s hit ‘One Dance’ today notched up its 15th week on top, matching the spell Scottish band Wet Wet Wet spent at No 1 in 1994 with ‘Love Is All Around’. Singer Marti Pellow told NME: “The way music is consumed today is very different to 20-odd years ago, so it’s difficult to equate the two records.

Congratulations to Drake and his team though, for a job well done.” The all-time record for most consecutive weeks at Number One is held by Bryan Adams, who had 16 weeks on top in 1991 with ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’. Wet Wet Wet deleted their single from sale after their cover of The Troggs’ 1967 song spent 15 weeks on top, to ensure it didn’t match Adams’ record. Pellow said: “It’s a tough feat for anyone to remain at No 1 for one week, let alone 15, so credit where it’s due. Drake is now in great company. Just remember that, with Drake and Bryan Adams being Canadian, we still hold the record for a British band, for now.” Wet Wet Wet play Concerts By The Lake festival on July 29 and Scarborough Open Air Theatre the day after. See below for our video asking whether ‘One Dance’ deserves to match Bryan Adams and Wet Wet Wet’s records.

Song Stories Number 1 today in 1994: Wet Wet Wet see off Kylie’s comeback 05 September 2014 Number 1 today in 1994: Wet Wet Wet see off Kylie’s comeback It’s 20 years since Scottish quartet Wet Wet Wet spent an incredible fifteenth week at Number 1, dashing Kylie Minogue’s hopes of a chart-topping comeback. Google + When you’re a youngster, summers can seem like they last forever, stretching way out into the distance until – BAM! – suddenly it’s September and it’s time to be dragged round the shops for your school uniform. Summer 1994, however, may have seemed longer than most, as it had the same Number 1 single throughout. Yes, in an unprecedented, swift recreation of Bryan Adams’ hold over Summer 1991 with Everything I Do (I Do It For You), the UK hadn’t seen a new Number 1 in over three months.

The song in question was from one of the most successful movies of all time, Four Weddings And A Funeral, and the more people saw it at the cinema, the more likely they were to troop across the road and pick up a copy for themselves. Step forward Wet Wet Wet’s monster hit Love Is All Around. As each week passed, with Wet Wet Wet unbudged from the top spot, UK pop fans were sure that the next week would be the last. Even the band themselves were a little bemused by it, and would take matters in their own hands this very week in 1994. At its peak, it was selling over 80,000 copies a week and showing no signs of slowing down, which was bad news for a certain Australian popstrel who was itching to get back into business– and quite fancied a Number 1. Kylie Minogue had been absent from the Official Singles Chart for over 18 months and expectations for her comeback were high. The TV star turned pop icon had left the songwriters and record label that made her name – Stock Aitken and Waterman at PWL – and had struck out on her own.

With a shiny new record deal at super-trendy Deconstruction and collaborators including Saint Etienne, Brothers In Rhythm and M People, cool Kylie was born. Originally the Saint Etienne-produced Nothing Can Stop Us was in the frame to be the lead single for Kylie’s comeback campaign, but it was Brothers In Rhythm’s trippy, dreamy Confide In Me that won out to promote her upcoming self-titled fifth album. With its memorable video introducing a series of new looks for Kylie, Confide In Me was assured of a high chart placing. With Wet Wet Wet landing a fourteenth week at Number 1 as Kylie's opus was released, you could forgive most pop fans for thinking that surely a comeback from Kylie was the one to end their lengthy reign at the top of the Official Singles Chart. But never underestimate the resilience of a big hit – nor the purchasing power of the UK’s cinemagoers. Wet Wet Wet spent an unprecedented fifteenth week at the top this week in 1994, meaning Kylie had to settle for second place. It was a chart position she was well acquainted with, she’d landed there six times before and would go on to have four more . Only Madonna’s scored more Number 2 singles.

To add insult to injury, it was the THIRD time Wet Wet Wet had kept Kylie off Number 1 – With A Little Help From My Friends blocked Got To Be Certain in 1988 and Goodnight Girl put paid to Give Me Just A Little More Time's chart-topping ambitions in 1991. Despite the fact they’d equal Bryan Adams’ chart record of 16 consecutive weeks if they scored another week at the top, the Wets sensed perhaps it was time to let someone else have a go at being Number 1. The band took the decision to ‘delete’ Love Is All Around, which meant that when copies ran out in the shops, there’d be no new ones to restock the shelves – when it was gone, it was gone. Imagine! This ensured their fifteenth week at Number 1 was to be the last. Sadly, it was too late for Kylie, but it was very good news for another female solo star – but more on that next week. Love Is All Around sold over 1.3 million copies, making it one of the bestselling songs of all time in the UK. Confide In Me went no further than Number 2, selling over 180,000 copies.

What else made up the rest of the Top 5 in the UK that week? Let’s take a look, shall we? 3: Youssou N’Dour FT Neneh Cherry– 7 Seconds It was a twelfth week in the Top 40 for Youssou and Neneh, at the very end of a slow burn through the Official Singles Chart to land at its peak this week in 1994. Selling over 360,000 copies, 7 Seconds was a third Top 10 hit for Swedish-born Neneh – she’d go on to have two more, including a Number 1 in 1995 with Cher and Chrissie Hynde on Comic Relief single Love Can Build A Bridge. She was last in the Top 40 in 1999, when Buddy X 99 – a veritable banger – reached Number 15 with a little help from Dreem Teem. So far, it’s Youssou N’Dour’s only UK hit so far.

4: Red Dragon with Brian and Tony Gold – Compliments On Your Kiss Down two places for this Jamaican dancehall duo’s charming, infectious song that simply oozed chilling out in summer. It was the only hit for the brothers, peaking at Number 2 and selling over 250,000 copies. 5: Boyz II Men – I’ll Make Love To You A second Top 5 for Motown’s Philadelphia stars Boyz II Men, who’d previously hit Number 1 in 1992 with debut single End Of The Road. The guys would go on to have two more Top 10 hits – both pretty emotional – including the tearjerking One Sweet Day with none other than Mimi herself, Mariah Carey. I’ll Make Love To You went no further than its peak this week in 1994, selling over 300,000 copies. See the full Top 40 for this week in 1994 , including new entries from Corona, Pet Shop Boys, Wonder Stuff and Blondie. This time last year… Ellie Goulding was still blazing a trail at the top of the Official Singles Chart with Burn.

New entries included Rizzle Kicks, Westlife’s Shane Filan and The 1975. Check out the Top 40 from this week in 2013 . Wet Wet Wet | Download Music, Tour Dates & Video | eMusic Group Members: The Tom Cunningham Orchestra , Marti Pellow , Tom Cunningham All Music Guide: One of the most enormously successful British bands of the 1980s and '90s, Wet Wet Wet will mostly be remembered for the international success of the single "Love Is All Around" from the soundtrack to the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral. Wet Wet Wet formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1986 and took their name from a Scritti Politti song. The band consisted of four school friends, Marti Pellow (vocals, born Mark McLaughlin in 1965), Tommy Cunningham (drums, born 1964), Graeme Clark (bass, born 1966), and Neil Mitchell (guitar, born 1965).

Graeme Duffin performed as a session guitarist for the band in their early days, but later became the unofficial fifth member of the group. The band's first single, "Wishing I Was Lucky," was released in early 1987 and immediately gained the band a great deal of attention. Peaking at number six on the British charts, the song aroused eager anticipation of the debut album. That disc, Popped In Souled Out, was released in September 1987 and became a huge hit in itself, as well as producing three more hit singles in "Sweet Little Mystery," "Temptation," and "Angel Eyes (Home and Away)." In 1988, Wet Wet Wet returned with The Memphis Sessions. Recorded prior to Popped In Souled Out, the album had been shelved but was released after the success of their debut album. In the same year, the band scored their first British number one with a version of the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends," recorded for charity. In 1989, their follow-up proper to Popped In was released. Entitled Holding Back the River, the album almost became as successful as its predecessor.

The disc marked a slight change in sound from soul-pop to a more pure pop sound, with attempts at blues thrown in for good measure. While a more focused album, Holding Back the River did not feature any singles as strong as "Wishing I Was Lucky." "Sweet Surrender" was a success, but the other singles released ("Broke Away," "Hold Back the River," and "Stay with Me Heartache") barely made a dent on the charts. Wet Wet Wet once again raced up the charts in 1992 with the release of High on the Happy Side. An album full of radio-friendly ballads, High on the Happy Side produced a successful single in the shape of "Goodnight Girl." 1994 saw Wet Wet Wet at the peak of their talents when their contribution to the soundtrack to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral was released. The song, a cover of the Troggs' "Love Is All Around," became a huge international success, spending 15 weeks at the top of the British charts and driving the band's best of compilation End of Part One to healthy sales. In 1995 Picture This was released. While enjoying good sales, the album did not produce any major singles.

By the time of 1997's 10, the band had begun to implode. Cunningham had already left the group to form Sleeping Giants, and, shortly after the release of 10, Pellow quit to concentrate on a solo career. Despite this, the remaining members decided that Wet Wet Wet would remain a going concern. The first fruits of Pellow's lone stance appeared in 2001, when Mercury issued his debut solo album, Smile. By 2004, he had returned to the band and they recorded the jangly, country-infused single "All I Want" to coincide with the release of Wet Wet Wet: The Greatest Hits. It was another three years before their next album appeared and this record -- Timeless -- had its sleeve designed by Klaus Voorman, who playfully aped his 1966 work for the Beatles' Revolver. Timeless was also notable for the fact that it included the moody "Weightless," Wet Wet Wet's first U.K. Top Ten single in over a decade.

In 2012 the band regrouped for a large one-off gig at Glasgow Green to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Popped In, Souled Out. Inspired by the success of this show, the band announced an extensive, arena-based Greatest Hits tour of the U.K. the following year. London Weather - 1994 An Average Year, but a Cool and Wet Spring London 1994 An Average Year, but a Cool and Wet Spring In the year that the Rwandan Genocide occurred after the plane carrying the Presidents of both Rwanda and Burundi was shot down, Nelson Mandela became the first black President of South Africa, and the Channel Tunnel for rail traffic opened between France and England. In the music world, Wet, Wet, Wet spent 15 weeks at number one in the UK charts with a remake of the old Troggs hit 'Love is all around'. Weather Notes:- 7th January - Hitchin (Hertfordshire) had over 15cm of lying snow in the morning. 24th July - Severe thunderstorms over the Midlands and Lincolnshire with hailstonesï¿½ 15 mm across in places.

31st August - Over 140mm of rain fell at Bungay (Suffolk). 10th December - Loch Sloy (Highland) had over 170 millimetres of rain.ï¿½ In London... ï¿½31.9ï¿½C ï¿½Sunshine January -ï¿½Rather mild and wet, but sunny.ï¿½ ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½ 6.2ï¿½C ï¿½ ï¿½13.2ï¿½Cï¿½ ï¿½Total Rain ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½73 hrs The firstï¿½ fortnight of the year was very changeable with mild, or very mild,ï¿½ and damp weather regularly alternating with rather cold , or cold, butï¿½oftenï¿½sunny, conditions. There were 3 occasions in the first 9 days when rainfall exceeded 10mm, and on the 9th over 15mm of rain fell. Snow fell late on the 6th, lying toï¿½a depth of 1cm by the following morning.

After mid month there was little change, although pressure was generally higher and rain lighter. The temperature fluctuations continued with a high of only 4.2ï¿½C. on the 17th, but a maximum of 13.2ï¿½C. on the 25th.ï¿½ February - Rather cold with sunshine a little above average andï¿½ï¿½rainfallï¿½close to normal. ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½4.5 ï¿½C ï¿½ ï¿½12.6ï¿½Cï¿½ ï¿½Total Rain ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½72 hrs The opening 12 days of the month were changeable but mostly mild, although some frosts occurred overnight. A cold snap, commencing on 13th, brought some snow, this measuring 5cm in depth on the morning of the 15th.

On the 14th, the maximum temperature was only minus 0.3ï¿½C., ï¿½but valuesï¿½rose to near, or a little above, normal on the 16th, before more cold weather brought a little snow on the 21st and 22nd. The month had a very mild end with a maximum temperature of 12.6ï¿½C.on the 27th. ï¿½ï¿½ March - Rather mild and sunny with near normal rainfall. ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½8.8 ï¿½C ï¿½ ï¿½17.3ï¿½Cï¿½ ï¿½Total Rain ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½126 hrs On the 1st, ï¿½the maximum temperature was only 7.5ï¿½C, but maxima on every other dayof the monthï¿½were above 10ï¿½C. ï¿½However, the high was only above 14ï¿½C. on 3 occasions, with the temperature reaching 17.3ï¿½C.

on the 30th. There were only 2 slight frosts and no snow was reported. Rain, although falling regularly, was mostly fairly light, with no falls exceeding 7mm, and there were several sunny days.ï¿½ April - Rather sunny andï¿½wet with temperatures close to average. ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½9.1 ï¿½C ï¿½ ï¿½22.7ï¿½Cï¿½ ï¿½Total Rain ï¿½175 hrs ï¿½ The first 10 days of the month were very showery with thunder on 4ï¿½days, hail on 7 days and sleet or snow on 3 days. It was cool,ï¿½ and temperatures remained depressed until the 21st. Only 1 slight frost occurred, but the maximum on the 15th was only 7.0ï¿½C. The lastï¿½9 days ofï¿½April were mostly rather warm or warm, and on the 29th the temperature peaked at 22.7ï¿½C. The last day of the monthï¿½was sunny..

ï¿½ï¿½ May - Rather cool, dull and wet. ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½11.9 ï¿½C ï¿½ ï¿½21.1ï¿½Cï¿½ ï¿½Total Rain ï¿½2.2ï¿½C ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½158 hrs ï¿½ There were large fluctuations of temperature during May, Maxima were only above 20ï¿½C on 3 days, twice around the middle of the month, and also on the 31st when the temperatureï¿½climbed to 21.1ï¿½C. There were several cool or very cool days, and on the 17th the temperature failed to rise above 8.9ï¿½C. Theï¿½first 3 days of the month were dry, but the following 3 weeks were wet at times.

Rainfall exceeded 10mm on 4 occasions, with nearly 16mm of rain falling on the 21st.ï¿½ From the 27thï¿½until the end of the month it was mostly dry with plenty of sunshine. ï¿½ June - Dry and sunny with temperatures a little above normal. ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½16.0 ï¿½C ï¿½ ï¿½28.5ï¿½Cï¿½ ï¿½Total Rain ï¿½5.6ï¿½C ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½265 hrs The temperature rose to 25.1ï¿½C on the sunnyï¿½first day of the month, but most of the opening 10 days of June were rather cloudy, cool and damp. On the 4th, it rained for much of the day and the temperature failed to rise above 12.8ï¿½C. ï¿½No measurable rain fell between the 9 th and 19th, and days were mainly sunny.

It becameï¿½rather warm or warm, although it cooled down towards the end of the third week. On the 24th, thunderstorms followed the warmest day of the month with a maximum temperature near 28.5ï¿½C., but no further rain fell during June. ï¿½ï¿½ July - Very warm, dry and sunny. ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½20.1 ï¿½C ï¿½ ï¿½31.9ï¿½Cï¿½ ï¿½Total Rain ï¿½10.8ï¿½C ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½267 hrs There were only 2 occasions when the maximum temperature was under 20ï¿½C. during July, the 8th and 28th with highs of 18.3ï¿½C. and 19.4ï¿½C. respectively. There were 3 hot days with maxima over 30ï¿½C., the 12th, 24th and 30th. Thunderstorms followed the high maximum, 31.9ï¿½C.

on the 12th, the only break in a dry spell that lasted from the 9th to the 26th. Although rain fell at times on the last few days of the month, temperatures remained warm or very warm, and it became humid.ï¿½ ï¿½ August -ï¿½Sunshine slightly above normal, temperatures and rainfall close to average. ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½17.9 ï¿½C ï¿½ ï¿½29.7ï¿½Cï¿½ ï¿½Total Rain ï¿½7.0ï¿½C ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½181 hrs It was rather warm or warm during the first 9 days of August, and on the 3rd the temperature rose to 29.7ï¿½C. There was some thundery rain early in the month but amounts were fairly small. On the 10th and 11th it was cool with thunderstorms and over 35mm fell in the 24 hours ending at 7 pm on the 11th.

Tthe maximum temperature on the 11th was only just 17.3ï¿½C. ï¿½After the storms, temperatures for the rest of the month were not too far from normal, and although there was furtherï¿½rain, most of it was light, ï¿½and there were several dry days with sunny periods. September - Cool and dull with rainfall a little below normal.ï¿½ ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½4.5ï¿½C ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½110 hrs Temperatures only exceeded 20ï¿½C. onï¿½ 4 occasions during September, all of these during the first week. On the 2nd, the maximum was 21.8ï¿½C. During the second week, although temperatures were not far from normal, there was some heavy rain with hail observed on 1 day, ï¿½and thunder heard on 4 others. On the 15th, over 13mm of rain fell and the temperature failed to lift above 11.6ï¿½C.

After mid month, rain was generally lighterï¿½, but skies remained rather cloudy with temperatures struggling to reach average.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ October - Sunny, but rather cool and wet. ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½0.1ï¿½C ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½141 hrs After a mild and damp start to the month, it became decidedly cool on the 3rd. Despite a day of sunshine the maximum temperature on the 4th was only 11.4ï¿½C. Apart from a little wet fog on the 15th, no measurable rain fell between the 4th and the 18th. It became pleasantly warm for a while with the temperature on the 10th reaching 19.4ï¿½C. From the 19th to the end of the month temperatures were near, or rather below, normal, and it was very changeable and often wet. On 2 days, the 24th and 30th, rainfall exceeded 15mm.ï¿½ï¿½ November - Very mild and dry, but dull.

ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½1.3ï¿½C ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½43 hrs Maximum temperatures were 14 or 15ï¿½Cï¿½ onï¿½50% of the days during November, but on the 3rd the temperature rose to 18.2ï¿½C. ï¿½There were no cold days, although on the last 2 days of the month the maxima dropped below 10ï¿½C. No frost or snow occurred in this dull month, and the first 18 days were wet. On the 4th, nearly 18mm of rain fell, but after the 18th there was less than 0.5 mm.ï¿½ December - Sunny, mild and rather wet.

ï¿½Mean Temperature ï¿½Total Sun ï¿½61 hrs There were many very mild days during this December with 10 days having maxima above 12ï¿½C., and 4 days with highs above14ï¿½C., On each of the 3 days, 10th, 11th and 12th the highs were just under 15ï¿½C. The first air frost of the winter occurred on the night of the 14th/15th when the temperatureï¿½dipped to minus 3.9ï¿½C. On both the 23rd and 24th mist and fog occurred and temperatures remained below freezing all day. Otherwise, there were no maxima below 6ï¿½C. No snow occurred during the month, but rain occurred frequently, and although much of it was light, nearly 17mm fell on the 8th. BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Rihanna achieves chart landmark Rihanna achieves chart landmark Chart toppers Rihanna has scored the longest-running number one single since 1994, topping the UK chart for a 10th week.

The R&B singer's track Umbrella is the first song since Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around to spend more than nine weeks in pole position. But its nearest rival, Foundations by Kate Nash, came within 131 sales of knocking Rihanna off the top spot. Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts entered the album chart at number one with his debut release One Chance. The 36-year-old former mobile phone salesman, who was signed by Simon Cowell after winning the ITV1 show, displaced rock band The Enemy from the top of the charts.

MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE 18 weeks - Frankie Laine, I Believe (1953) 16 weeks - Bryan Adams, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991) 15 weeks - Wet Wet Wet, Love Is All Around (1994) 11 weeks - Slim Whitman, Rose Marie (1955) 10 weeks - David Whitfield, Cara Mia (1954) 10 weeks - Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You (1992) 10 weeks - Rihanna, Umbrella (2007) Source: Official UK Charts Company Frankie Laine's I Believe holds the record for the longest run at number one, with 18 weeks on top in 1953. Rihanna has become only the seventh artist in the history of the chart to score a 10th week at number one. Umbrella has sold about 354,000 copies since it was first released, according to Music Week magazine. But that is "pretty low" compared to other long-running chart-topers, according to the magazine's managing editor Paul Williams.

"Any track in the past that would have spent 10 weeks at number one - and there weren't that many - could have expected at this stage to have passed a million sales," he said. THIS WEEK'S TOP FIVE SINGLES 1. Rihanna, Umbrella Chart History Willie Can Beverley Sisters From 10th March 1960 the chart was compiled by the retail music magazine Record Retailer (later to become MUSIC WEEK), although N.M.E. continued to publish its own independent charts as other magazines such as Melody Maker and Disc& Music Echo had theirs. From this date the charts them became a Top 50. Although Music Week (Record Retailer) was an RECORD INDUSTRY magazine sent to record shops, their charts became available to the public when printed in the magazine RECORD MIRROR, from March 1962 right up until the day it went out of print in April 1991. US records where the sounds of the time until the arrival of The Beatles, and for the first time in March 1964 UK acts dominated all the Top 10 positions.

This could be perhaps due to the arrival of Pirate Radio in Britain of which the first was Radio Caroline on Good Friday 1964. 1st January 1964 saw the first ever edition of the TV show TOP OF THE POPS from the BBC, it was first broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 18.35 hrs. It was intended to only last for 6 weeks, with an option for another 6, but due to its popularity they kept it going, though; now in a slightly different format it is still being broadcast. After the initial broadcasting it then went out on Thursday evenings at 19.00 hrs (7pm) for years, but now it goes out at 19.30 hrs (7.30pm) on Fridays. It also now has sister programs (still called Top Of The Pops) in Germany, Holland and indeed in over 80 countries worldwide. Germany's version started in October 1998. There, it is recorded in Berlin and can be seen in the UK by anyone who has analogue Satellite TV through the ASTRA SATELLITE Transponder No.2 on the German station R.T.L.

on Saturday evenings at 16.45 hrs (4.45pm) UK time. Both in Germany & Holland they are longer shows than that of the UK (1 hour) and Germany's also has a competition and News of Artists and Bands. In the USA they had a licence to broadcast their own Top Of The Pops in the late 80s but was dropped after about a year. The original TOTP in the UK was broadcast from an old BBC building which was a disused church in Dickenson Road, Manchester. This building has long since been demolished. There were 4 original presenters: Pete Murray, Alan Freeman, David Jacobs and the man who presented the very first was Sir Jimmy Saville. It was completely live in those days with no pre-recordings and the artists performed both instrumentally and vocally LIVE. Artists who did not have a backing band were accompanied by the BBC Top Os The Pops Orchestra.

The artists appearing on that very first show, in order were:- ROLLING STONES - I Wanna Be Your Man, DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - I Only Want To Be With You, DAVE CLARK FIVE - Glad All Over, HOLLIES - Stay, SWINGING BLUE JEANS - Hippy Hippy Shake and THE BEATLES - I Want To Hold Your Hand which was at number one. The show always ends with the number one single although this had 2 exceptions, 1 was in 1969 when Je'Taime... by Jane Birkin and the other in 1984, Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood were number ones. At those times those 2 records were banned by the BBC. As far as the Jane Birkin song was concerned their was a twist in the tale as an instrumental version called Love At First Sight by group Sounds Nice was played but this version only peaked at number 18. Around this time Germany has its own pop shows, one of which, similar in format to TOTP was BEAT CLUB.

This was a great show and lasted well into the 70s and featured mainly UK and US acts, also one of the presenters was British DJ, Dave Lee Travis. Lots of editions of this show still survive today, and clips can sometimes be seen on the UK version of satellite TV station VH1. The previous year ITV started its own pop show on Friday nights and its catchphrase was The Weekend Starts Here. On this show though, (which featured the gorgeous Cathy McGowan) most acts mimed to their records. This show was called READY STEADY GO. The rights to all the recordings of this show that are known to still exist are owned by Dave Clark formerly of top 60s band DAVE CLARK FIVE. When TOTP was launched on 1st January 1964. The week's chart was: POS Walking Alone Richard Anthony Good Friday 1964 saw the first broadcast by a British Pirate Radio Station RADIO CAROLINE later to become Radio Caroline South and broadcast from a ship moored just over 3 miles off the Essex coast. As pop music was in very short supply on radio in the UK except for the evenings when Radio Luxembourg was broadcasting.

Due to this station's broadcast coming from Luxembourg on Medium Wave Band (AM), the signal used to fade in and out very badly. Radio Caroline was started by Irish businessman Ronan O'Reilly. This prompted the start of many pirate radio stations all just outside British territorial waters on both ships and wartime forts. There were over 20 at one period. They played non-stop pop music 24 hours a day. One of the best known DJs to come from Radio Caroline and later Radio London was Tony Blackburn. When the Marine Offences Act of 1967 came into force all but one of them closed down and the British Government stated that anyone sending supplies to them or advertising on them would be prosecuted. Also anyone working on them would be prosecuted if they came inside territorial waters after the 14th August 1967 deadline. The only station to carry on broadcasting was Radio Caroline South (the station that started it all) and at 00.01 hrs on 15th August 1967 the first record played was We Shall Overcome by Joan Baez.

26th January 1967 saw the chart entry for the first week, of the record with the longest number of continuous weeks in the UK chart. This record was Release Me by Englebert Humperdinck which spent a massive 56 continuous weeks in the UK charts, then still a Top 50. 30th September 1967 saw the first broadcast of Radio One from the BBC and at 7.00 on this day the very first record was introduced by DJ Tony Blackburn. The record being FLOWERS IN THE RAIN by MOVE. On 21st January 1965, a unique chart occasion happened but unknown at this time but the first of 2 chart entries (the other first charted on 1st November 1967), of the title EVERYBODY KNOWS by DAVE CLARK FIVE. Both had the same title, both by the same artist but were quite different songs. The only other time to come close to this was the chart entry of 13th October 1984 and 15th December 1990 there were 2 different songs both called Freedom.

The 1984 entry was by WHAM and the 1990 entry was by GEORGE MICHAEL who was also on the single by Wham. Still on the subject of unique chart occasions the next one was on the charts of 4th October 1969 and the following week on the 11th. This was unique in that they contained a record at 2 different chart positions which were the same song the same artists and the same recorded version. The only thing different is that they were both on different record labels. The song in question was JE T'AIME...MOI NON PLUS by JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG. It was originally released on the Fontana label but was banned by Radio One at that time due to its erotic sound, so due to its controversy Fontana withdrew the record and was then released on the Major Minor label. Because there were Fontana singles still in the shops along with the Major Minor release, on 4 October 1969 the Major Minor release was at number 3 and the Fontana single at number 16. Also at that time it was the biggest ever selling single for a completely foreign language record.

This seemed to be the period of the banned record for on it's way down this chart after peaking at number 10 was reggae record WET DREAM by MAX ROMEO. Also banned at this time were WRECK A BUDDY by SOUL SISTERS and EROTICA by RITA. The following chart is for 4th October 1969: POS The Hunt Barry Ryan There were 2 instances when at 2 different positions with the same record by the same artists (Leader Of The Pack by Shangri-las) in 1976 and (Shout by Lulu) in 1986, but they were the original version and either a re-recorded or re-mixed version. On 5th May 1978 the charts were further extended to a Top 75. At this time they were compiled by the British Market Research Bureau. Later the charts were compiled by Gallup. Radio One stayed just with the Top 40 as it still does today. If they played the complete Top 75, their Chart Show rundown on Sunday evenings would last 4 hours!

The first ever Top 75 Chart: POS Syptom Of The Universe Ozzy Osbourne 19th March 1983 was the entry date of the best selling 12inch single of all time which peaked at number 8 and was in and out of the Top 100 for nearly 5 years. The record: BLUE MONDAY by NEW ORDER. From May 1991 the charts were still a Top 100 however only the Top 75 was actually published due to a drop in singles sales. 6th July 1991 saw the first week at number one for the record that spent the longest number of continuous weeks at number one, this was Everything I Do by Bryan Adams which spent 16 weeks at number one and totalled 24 weeks in the UK Top 75. Just under a year later was the second highest number of continuous weeks at number one, this was Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet which spent 15 weeks and a total UK Top 75 run of 37 weeks. The Charts are now compiled by CIN.

21st February 1998 saw the second single to make the Top 75 on import sales alone before an official UK release. The record: IT'S LIKE THAT by RUN DMC vs JASON NEVINS. Following on 21st March 1998 was the next one which was IT'S TRICKY also by RUN DMC vs JASON NEVINS. 1999 exaggerated the situation in the UK charts in that from 1st August to 30th November there were 10 singles that entered the UK top 75 that had not had an official UK release and therefore made the charts on import sales alone. There have never been so many singles on sales of imports only hit the charts in such a short time before. All but 2 of them (*) were big European produced hits. DATE Madison Avenue 30 Now we are in the new Millennium the only artist to have a Top 10 hit in 6 decades from the 50s through to 2000 is Cliff Richard. Though he is not liked by everyone this is still a great milestone.

His first single MOVE IT first entered the UK charts on 12 September 1958 and reached number 2. He has had 65 Top 10 hits and sold more than 86 million singles worldwide. Right at the beginning of the new millennium another unique occasion has happened on the UK charts. On the 10th January 2000, the record MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES by MANIC STREET PREACHERS was released. 24 hours later the record was deleted but it still made number 1 on the 16th January. This is something that has never happened before in chart history. The UK's single releases are behind again! The charts for 19th & 26th February 2000 see 3 more singles hit the charts on import sales only. The following is a list of all singles to chart in the new millennium, with no UK Release and have charted on sales of imports only: DATE Blow Ya Mind Lock N Load Chart History continues to be made. The latest is a record which entered the UK charts on 15th April 2000.

It has become the longest Top 75 survivor than any other that failed to make the Top 20 - a full 21 weeks! The record is AMAZING by LONESTAR (appropriately titled)! 2000 has seen a new record in the history of the charts as MY LOVE becomes Irish boy band WESTLIFE'S 8th consecutive number one out of their first 8 releases although the follow-up WHAT MAKES A MAN breaks the sequence in December as CAN WE FIX IT by animation character BOB THE BUILDER keeps it at number 2 over the Christmas period. The charts for week ending 24th February 2001 has seen the first single to top the charts in for more than 3 weeks in this millennium. This is quite a rare thing these days. The single in question is WHOLE AGAIN by ATOMIC KITTEN. On 19th March 2000 the brand new UK number one makes another historic record. The single in question is PURE & SIMPLE by HEAR'SAY. This has become the fastest selling single ever for a debut disc. A phenomenal 600,000 in just 6 days.

This band was got together on the UK TV show Popstars which showed them auditioning right through to making the big time. There have also been versions of this show in USA (Eden's Crush), Germany (No Angels) Australia (Bardot), Ireland (Six), France (L5), New Zealand and Sweden (Exellence). The New Zealand group sank without trace but the Australian group also hit big time and have so far had 4 singles in the Aussie Top 10. On 6th May 2001 another chart record has been set. This time the honours go to GERI HALLIWELL who's song IT'S RAINING MEN (a cover of the Weather Girls 1980s hit) became her 4th UK consecutive number one single. This makes her the first female UK solo singer ever to have 4 solo consecutive number one hits in the UK. August 2001 sees another piece of chart history made in that OVER THE RAINBOW by EVA CASSIDY becomes the first single ever to chart for more than 25 weeks without ever reaching the Top 40.

The chart for week ending 26th January 2002 sees the next landmark: It is the first time that posthumous number ones have followed each other. In this case it is those of the late GEORGE HARRISON & AALIYAH. When TOTP finished on 30th July 2006. The week's chart was: 1 Most weeks at Numer One - everyHit.com Search | About everyHit | Chart archive | Award / Poll Winners | Number 1s | FAQs | Contact us Singles Achieving 8 Weeks At Number One In May 2006, Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" joined the elite lst of singles to have managed 8 or more weeks at number one. It had been twelve years since a record had managed such a spell at the top and interest from readers prompted this new page. Here, we give the story of longevity at the summit of the chart... The first ever number one was Al Martino's "Here In My Heart." It spent 9 weeks atop the chart in from Nov 1952 to Jan 1953.

There followed a spell of shorter-lived number ones until in April 1953, Frankie Laine's "I Believe" managed 9 successive weeks at the top spot. (This would later go onto spend a six-week and a further three-week run at the top, giving it a record-breaking 18 weeks in pole position overall). In July 1954, the record for the longest run at number one was broken by David Whitfield's "Cara Mia" which was the first - and one of very few - singles to reach double figures in the number of weeks at no. 1. (10 weeks) This record would stand for a year before being beaten by Slim Whitman's "Rose Marie" (11 weeks, July 1955) (We'd have to wait a full 36 years before the next number one could make double figures at the top). A period of relative volatility followed with only two further singles making 8 weeks at no.1 in the remainder of the 1950s (see below). Elvis was first to make 8 weeks at the top in the 1960s - with "It's Now Or Never" (Nov 1960).

By 1964 the turnover had increased spectacularly with all but two singles of that year failing to make more than a mere 3 weeks at the top. In fact, we would have to wait until the dying embers of that decade before we'd see a single make a two full months at the summit; The Archies' "Sugar Sugar" fulfilling an 8-week stint. The first half of the 70's passed with no sign of a single getting to our 8-week landmark. Then two of the big hitters moved in. The Christmas number ones of 1975 and 1977 (Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Wings' "Mull of Kintyre") both notched up 9 successive weeks at the top. ("Bohemian Rhapsody" would go on to chalk up another 5 weeks in a re-issued form in 1991). Throughout the whole of the 1980s only one track managed to amass two months at number one; Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Two Tribes" (9 weeks in the summer of '84) Nobody could have possibly guessed when it first made no.

1 in July 1991, that Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" would go on to spend the best part of four months at the top. At 16 weeks, it still holds the record for the longest continuous stay at number one. (In fact only Frankie Laine's "I Believe" can beat it in total weeks at the top; but that took three visits to do so!) This appeared to mark the dawn of a new era of lingering incumbents. Over the next three years, as many singles would make 8 or more weeks at the top including Wet Wet Wet's "Love Is All Around" which, at 15 consecutive weeks, holds the silver medal. Marty Pellow, lead singer of Wet Wet Wet, insisted that the single was deleted after it's 15th week at the top, fearing that the band could have become regarded as a one-trick pony. By the turn of the millennium, an expansion of music media outlets, the explosion of genres and ever more aggressive marketing techniques by record companies had made the top of the chart a highly competitive place to be.

In 2000 there were 42 different number one singles (43 if you count the Westlife track which spanned over from 1999). The days of the long-run at number one seemed to be over. In fact, in the whole of the first half of the decade, only one song (The Black Eyed Peas' "Where Is The Love?") could manage more than 4 weeks at the top. In March 2005, the re-release of Tony Christie's "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo" - with more than a little help from an hilarious Comic Relief video from Peter Kay - came tantalisingly close to our two-month threshold but it faltered after 7 weeks. It would take until April/May 2006 before any single could break the 12 year old jinx and last two full months again. Gnarls Barkley made nine weeks at the peak with "Crazy". The record company then deleted the single so that they could move on to promote its follow-up, otherwise it may have spent longer at no. 1.

Ample stocks in the shops, combined with the availability of the track on download sites (which gave it its first week at number one alone in the absence of physical sales), mean that the track had a relatively graceful decent and there is every chance that it's 9th week would have been its last at the top even without the deletion. Postscript.

A little under a year after Gnarls Barkley left the number one spot, Rihanna featuring Jay-Z managed an incredible ten week continuous stay at the summit with "Umbrella" The 22 singles to have spent 8 or more continuous weeks at number one are: Nov 1952 - Al Martino Here In My Heart (9 weeks) Apr 1953 - Frankie Laine I Believe (9 weeks) (+ an extra 6 week + another 3 week run = 18 weeks overall - record) Nov 1953 - Frankie Laine - "Answer Me" (8 weeks) Jan 1954 - Eddie Calvert - "Oh Mein Papa" (9 weeks) May 1954 - Doris Day - "Secret Love" (8 weeks) (+ 1 extra from April of that year) Jul 1954 - David Whitfield with Chorus & Mantovani & his Orchestra - "Cara Mia" (10 weeks) Jul 1955 - Slim Whitman Rose Marie (11 weeks) Aug 1957 - Paul Anka - "Diana" (9 weeks) Mar 1958 - Perry Como -

 "Magic Moments" (8 weeks) Nov 1960 - Elvis Presley - "It's Now Or Never" (8 weeks) (+ 1 extra as a re-issue in 2005) Mar 1962 - The Shadows - "Wonderful Land" (8 weeks) Oct 1969 - The Archies - "Sugar Sugar" (8 weeks) Nov 1975 - Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (9 weeks) (+5 as a re-issue in 1991) Dec 1977 - Wings - "Mull Of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" (9 weeks) Jun 1979 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton John You're The One That I Want (9 weeks) Jun 1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Two Tribes" (9 weeks) Jul 1991 - Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" (16 weeks - record for consecutive weeks) Feb 1992 - Shakespear's Sister - "Stay" (8 weeks) Dec 1992 - Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love

 You" (10 weeks) Jun 1994 - Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around" (15 weeks) Apr 2006 - Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy" (9 weeks).

May 2007 - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella" (10 weeks). You may also be interested to see how the record for the artist with most weeks at number one has changed over the years. It's here .

Question: What single by Wet Wet Wet spent 15 weeks at number one in the UK charts in 1994?
Answer: Love Is All Around